P1-Specificity of Aqualysin I (a subtilisin-type serine protease) from thermus aquaticus YT-1, using P1-substituted derivatives of streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2035-2038

  Tanaka, Terumichi ^a,b   Matsuzawa, Hiroshi ^a   Kojima, Shuichi ^a,d   Kumagai, Izumi ^a,e   Miura, Kin Ichiro ^a,d   Ohta, Takahisa ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaline serine protease; Aqualysin I; Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor; Substrate specificity; Subtilisin

Indexed keywords

AQUALYSIN I; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SUBTILISIN INHIBITOR PROTEIN, STREPTOMYCES;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; THERMUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; KINETICS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THERMUS;

EID: 0032174682     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.62.2035     Document Type: Article

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